Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

Media contact: Forrest Peterson, 320-214-3789 Toll-free: 1-800-657-3864 Willmar, Minn. -- The Willmar office of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is moving to a new location March 1 in the former Home State Building at 1601 E. Highway 12. Since the Willmar office opened in 1999, it has been located at 201 28th Avenue SW. The Willmar and Marshall MPCA offices serve 18 counties in southwestern Minnesota. Regional staff provide citizens and businesses with information to help them protect the environment, and help ensure that requirements are met. Primary programs with regional office staff include municipal wastewater, feedlots and solid waste. Other programs with regional or St. Paul-based staff assigned to the region include stormwater, storage tanks, emergency response, hazardous waste, public information and impaired waters. More information about the MPCA is on the Web at http://www.pca.state.mn.us. "With the focus of environmental protection shifting to smaller, more diverse sources of pollution, the regional offices play a very important role," says Bob Finley, MPCA Southwest Region manager. "This is especially true in the area of water quality." "We've done a fairly good job of trying to protect and improve water quality, but with continued pressure from urban development and other land uses such as agriculture, our regional offices keep very busy with a multitude of programs to make sure that we continue to have a healthy natural environment," Finley says. Counties served by the Willmar-Marshall MPCA offices include Big Stone, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Jackson, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, Meeker, McLeod, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Redwood, Renville, Rock, Swift and Yellow Medicine. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency was created by the state Legislature in 1967 to clean up and protect the state's land, air and water resources. The Willmar office is one of seven regional MPCA offices outside the Twin Cities metro area.
MPCA Willmar Office
1601 E. Highway 12
Willmar, MN 56201
Phone: 320-214-3786
Fax: 320-214-3787